Muay Thai or Muaythai, sometimes referred to as Thai boxing, the Art of Eight Limbs or the Science of Eight Limbs, is a Thai martial art and full-contact combat sport that uses stand-up striking, swee
A fighter leans back to evade a round kick
Statue of hermit Sukatanata, the Muay Thai martial art's progenitor, located at Khao Samo Khon hermitage, Lopburi province, Thailand, as recorded in the Yonok Chronicle
A painting of King Lavachakkaraj inside the ubosot of Wat Ming Mueang, Chiang Rai province, Thailand.
The mural paintings of the martial play of Naresuan, the crown prince of Ayutthaya, with Mingyi Swa, the crown prince of Taungoo, in 1565 CE
Muay Boran or originally Toi Muay is an umbrella term for the ancient unarmed martial arts of Thailand prior to the introduction of modern equipment and rules in the 1930s.
Muay Thai
…by the Sports Authority of Thailand. Muay Thai is related to other martial art styles of the Indian cultural sphere such as Musti-yuddha, Muay Chaiya, Muay Boran, Muay Lao, Lethwei, Kun Khmer, Benjang and Tomoi. A practitioner of Muay Thai is known as a Nak Muay. Western practitioners in Thailand are sometimes…